The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-22 00:00:00

NAVAL. NEWS; , PORTSMOUTIi, AUG. et.--Passed by the Spanish Patriot, 'DURELL, from Cadiz, in 18 days. On the, 16th inst. fell in with two French privateers, Scilly bearing N. E. by E. distance about 15 leagues, one . a schooner of 10 guns, the other a cutter of I gpn, and full of men, - oo're down and hailed the schooner, but could not do any thing with either of them, on account of a strong- gale from the. S. S. W. accom panied with a heavy sea. Also the Fame) from the same place, in 18 days. The Foitune schooner, with salt, from Liverpool, is recaptured by his Majesty's sloop • Podargus, and the Frederic William, GALLCOTT, is recaptured by the Alpha Schooner. His Majesty's ship Rapper, has retaken from a French privateer; and sent,.into this Port, the Alex ander, from America, bound to London, laden with tobacco, &c. c.irne into harbour his Majesty's. ship Jason. Arrived his Majesty's ship Tyrian, with a few sail of transports from • Lisbon ; John and Grace, -; from Cork ; Duke of York; BANKS, from Jersey; and the Cork Rump, -, from Guernsey. Sailed his Majesty's ships Dexterous and Defender, with a convoy for the Downs; Hprriot; PEARSON, Robert and Jane, FRANKLIN, for Sunderland; and .the Hope , PALMER, for Newcastle. 1 PLYI‘iOUTH, AuG. 20.—Arrived the American btig Hope, of Phil3delphia, CUCHRASIE master, fawn Bbston, last from Fa} al, laden with cotton-wool and logwood, bound to London, detained and sent in here by his Majesty's ship Medusa., Sailed his Majesty's ship Narcissus, of 36 guns, for Weymouth. -=,,. DEAL, Ato. 5t 1. =Arrived the Unicorn frigate from a cruize ; arrived also froin the River and re main the Commerce, WHITE, for Malta ; William, NETHARALL, for Sicily; and Ceres, TAYLOR, for CADIZ. YARMOUTH, AUGUST 21.—Arrived the Ainna, ThRKS, with passengers from Flushing; they say that the loss of troops and inhabitants there exceeds 10,000. Sailed the ;kite, Bermuda, Diligent, and a fleet of merchant thips to the Southward. Remain ih the Roads; the Roebuck, itincourt, Locust, Ha✓oc, Calypso, .and Mosquito. MARGATE, Aucusr Ever since the fine weather commenced our far triers are ver y bu s ily e mpl o yed in getting in their harvest, which promises to be a very excellent crop, particularly the wheat and barley ; also the canary. The turnips for the autumn crop are in great plenty., and in excellent state. In the cou rse o f t h ese t h re e last days we imported from the metropolis upwards of 500 persons by the packets, and a great number by the coaches. Yester'day a, homeward-bound fleet, fro:n the Lee 'ward I lands, passed this place, for the river.' - • One o'clock. —This moment two French prisoners were brought in here by our seamen. It appears they made their escape from Chatham, and travelled , by land to the Reculvers, from whence they took, a boat, but it being calm, they could not make much IA ay ; notice was sent to this place concerning them ; our seamen soon came up with them, 15 miles from. the shore, and brought them here. They are now confined in our Custom-house, where a great con - - 'course of people arc assembled to see them. It is said they were seven in number, and five of them were lurking between Berchington and Dandelion. They seemed in a most dreadful condition, as they had not tasted food for three days—ever since they .101 -Chatham. The Rattler arrived at Portsmouth from New_ foundland, hai brought intelligOnce that the Ante lope, Capt. i 'M'LEorii, 144i1i Vice-Admiral HoLua- WAY, arrived at Newfoundland on the 18th of July, after a very pleasant passage.=--The Admiral landed on the 20th, to 'resume his Government, and was received by all the Military and Civic Magistrates. It appears that the severity of the last winter has de stroyed all the cattle and sheep, not only at New foundland, but in other parts of America. The greatest scarcity prevails at St John's. Beef, of the poorest quality, was sell.ng from . 16d. to 18d. per .Pound and many of the most respelable inhabi tants h a d not tasted any for many, months together. Bread has been very high, but is now falling at its has P ric i e . • His Excell enc y G o ver no r H OL L O WAY applied to the Secretary of. State, for leave to trade for cattl e and corn to the - Western Islands.— ' Lieutenant SPROTT. of the Herring schooner, has re turned to St. John's, alter a second unsuccessful at „temp!, find Some of th e na ti ve I n di ans o f• Ne w Vice-Admiral Sir ISAAC COFFIN, Bart. accompanies Admiral HOLLOWAY, when he returns to England. He has finished his tour of America. Letters were received yesterday from Holland, of, the (sthiustant. They ,mention that a decree has been passed by the Dutch Government, ordaining the punishment of death upon all persons holding any intercourse with the British in Zealand. This • is a very probable measure. The same letters state, what is less likely, that the Dutch volunteers have refused to march against our troops. ' OnThucsday 153 sheets of British wool, from the Merino breed, were sold by public au6tion, 'at Garra- Coffee-house, a large proportion of which went ;:t or above ss. . One lot from- the flock of CHAR . LE!. JENKINSON, Esq. as high as 6s. 2d. per lb. and out. pocket from the flock of his Grace tho Duke of liEllioan, a; 65. 30. ! BUTCH PAPERS. • . Sr. POLTEN, JULY 30.—0 n the eQd, the Em peror of AUSTRIA removed from Ofento Comorn, in order to be nigh the scene of the Negociations.— WithresPeet.to the state of the Negotiations, still les s transpires on the Austrian than on the French side. It has been remarked, howe‘ier; i 0 days ago, that in the discussion of points of great importance, ob stacles had arisen, in consequence of which the Austrian Negotiators, instead of. remaining at Vienna, 'proceeded to Comoro, and the. Archdukes were summoned to the same place by the Emperor FRANCIS! On the 24th, it was doubted there whether an agreement as to the Preliminaries could be brought about,"as great sacrifices were known to be required of Austria, and those sacrifices were of such a nature that his Majesty thought fit to call together the Princes of his house, in order to confer with them in this critical moment, befure he should come to a decisiOn. Meanwhile it is said that the Emperor and the Princes are unanimous i❑ their sentiments, and it is added, that since their deliberations took place the'negociators on both sides ave made reci procal approximations. - it is now expeeted that the negociations will be concluded by the 6th of August. It is certain; how ever, that they have already continued longer than was expe6ted, as some days ago preparations were made on the roads for the Emperor's return to France. It is also worthy of observation that the fortifications on the left Bank of the Danube, op pOsite to Ebersdurff and Vienna, are still diligently prosecuted. VIENNA, JULY 26.—Among dther Couriers sent off with dispatches relative to 'the peace is one for Austria that. Empire is in many reSpeols much in terested in the negociations. It - is said that England is also invited to take a part in the negotiations for peace. 4n Austrian Courier with dispatches relat ing to these negociations was sent off for England on the 20th of this month. VIENNA, AUG. I.—Notwithstanding the secrecy with which the NegoCiations are concluded, we are assured that they prOceed with activity, and it is be- , lieved that they are very uear.a conclusion. A Congress to' be held •at Raab, for the conclu sion of a Treaty of Peace, spoken of. The paper hangers have already set out from. Vienna with paper, &c. to prepare the rooms allotted tor this meeting. The inhabitants of Vienna cannot satisfy their admiration of the Grand Parade at Schoenbrun.- 11:sides_ the great number of French' and allied Ge nerals, a number of Russians are also' frequently seen there. In one of the late reviews, the Prince Royal of Bavaria accompanied his brother-in-law Prince EUGENE NAPOLEON. The Theatre at Schoenbrun is orned. Italian and German Operas arc played, and Ballets are per :fortned. The town of Vienna itself is not les'i live ly; the bulwarks resound with music, and itinerant shewmen go about with their exhibitions. 'The bridges over the Danube at Presburgh are all re stored, and it is intended to build a boat bridge there besides. In the mean time the, communication be tween both banks, is as free and well frequented as in full peace, and we have now a great superfluity of all kinds of Provisions and inerchandize. Prince JOHN of Lichtenstein is about to pay a visit to his estates, which have sustained great damage. 1 It is said. that .his loss of property amounts to more 1 t han 2,000,000 florins. , 1 The defeat of Wagram has excited the greatest tr ritation and discord among the Austrian Officers, who blame each other for the miifortunes'of that decisive day. Field-Marshal HILLER has demanded and obtained leave to resign, and General BaLLE- GARDE has obtained the same permission, ►t is said without having required it. With respect to the people of Vienna, they seek in' the enjoyment of amusements to forget the mis-. fortunes which they owe to the warlike fury' of some insane men, whose wicked councils have done more injury to Austria than fire, inundation; or even the plague could have produced. ' We have received the folloWing Order of the Day from GcellersdOrff, where it was published on the day after the battle of Wagrarn. ORDER OF THE DAY. " GCEELLERSDORFF, JULY 7.—ln the' battle of yesterday the troops of the left wing in no respe& answered the expe6lations which I had a right to cherish respe&ing them, nor the hopes I had formed, the importance of that day considered, from their strong and advantageous position. " The disastrous result of that battle must be ascribed to the condu6tiof these troops : for as the confusion was general among them, the retreat was made with, too great haste and disorder. 1 am also, with some exceptions, far from being satisfied with the infantry. Several regiments marched 'forward too soon, and began to fire without any cause. They were besides so crowded together that they 'fired upon one another. The officers were not able to • , • I ' ' " • ,•- ' rally the larger ‘ bodies, % vhich fled in disOrde,, anti thus ground was lust. lithe confused•cry which was beard among the troops tlrowned the voice of- the commanding'otticers, '• " Had the Commandefil, accustomed their tooop s to silence; and taught the: in to attend to nothing but their orders, the sepae,ation of the left wing would• not have produced such shaibeftil 'copse qypnces. T; In every regiment which khan hereafter cOnduet itself in A similar manner, th& tenth man shall, be, condemned to die, and the rest )f the men shall be distributed among the other regibents. TheCoM . manding Officer shall be cashieoA and the other Officers diSmissed. Cries of alii,rm among the troops shall be punished with dea\•ll. The troops must only aEt when oicteri are givcvl to • them, or on the signal of the drum. In mosi, regiments the drums are placed with the .music out of the reach of the fire, but the. Commanding °Meer& khan see that all . the drums return to their postS, and shall take care that the troops under his direaion do not fire without orders, or at too great a distance.: " In the evening of the sth the regimerit" of Ar gentair made sueh bad dispositions, that in the un profitable retreat to . Neustdel th'e 2cl line fired .on the Ist, and ocertsioned great disorder. The reginn :fit of Hesse Nemburgh did nothing but wander'hert: and there; sometimes were heard' the cry of forward, where there was no enemy! General IttEsc did - not conduet himself well at Entzersdorft On the 6th, in the evening, I,did not find him at the head of ,his troops, . and, besides,. he did not follow the,ordera which were given him respe&ing the attack.' He shall be dismissed frOrn the service of his Majesty. " The disorder which still preVails :samong the. • troops, provesthat the Officers of the Staff know how to apply a remedy. I shall, howeVer, set an' example myself. I shall, according to the circutn stances, dismiss or cashier such Officers of the Grand Staff whose troops are notagain brought under - Proper discipline. It is the shame of the army that so many stragglers and plunderers are found on all the roads and in 'all the villages. , (Signed) CHARLES, Generalissimo." FRANKFORT, AUG. 6.—The last accounts from Vienna give hopes of peace. To shew, however, how tar the reports whith are circulated here require to be authenticated, it is sufficient to state that it now appears that the negotiations were.not to coin- . tnence doll the (2716, the very day on which, ac cordin to the rumours we before had, the Peace was signed. TALAVER'A, JULY 29.—The English army which was in Portugal under General WELLESLEY, after havin g - joined . the insurgents under CuiSTA, haci marched against the first corps,' hoping, with triple numbers, to beat it, and effect its. junaion with the troops under VENEGAs, " Already had the English flattered themselves with getting to Madrid but the events that have passed during the three days that have elapsed, have a vod deal deranged the plan of campaign. His Majesty after the affair of the 28th continued to puriue th-enetny, Who arrived on the fine position ofTalavera•and entrenched themselves.—His dispo .sitious announced an intention of maintaining him self to the last extremity-yet, after having been vigorously attacked by the French army, having lost - a part of his infantry and, a whole regiment of ca valry, he abandoned his position. Iri these circum stances the French have proved, as they have often done, that, whatever be the position and number of their enemies, they,can overcome all obstacles.—, The English and Insurgents sustained great. loss.--• our's is not considerable. " General LATOUR MAUBOURG'S division entered Talavera this morning ! ! ! ! " We' have received news from Marshal SOULT ; he marched' On the 25th in ‘ the direetion of Placen tia.—(Gazeite de Madrid.) PARIS, AUG. 9—We have letters from Santa 011 ala, of the 29th ult. at JO P.M. which mention the 'new viapry gained over . the English, Portuguese, and Insurgents. The loss of the EpgliSh is enor .mous. We took BQO infantry prisoners, and a whole regiment of cavalry: Thislegiment was taken by one of Ours, which opened its ranks to receive the charge; and then cut off their retreat. The rest of the English , column, which constituted the whole 'force of the enemy, is in full retreat. " From Munich of the 31st we hear, that the latest 'news, from Bohemia announce, that on the White Mountain near Prague an entrenched camp is forming, to which . the Austrian army will retire if peace be not signed. Prague is fortifying, and am, munituin colte i cting for a six months' siege. " FRANKFORT, AUG. 4.--General FUNK, who ar rived here on the night of the 2d, has brought be sides the news; that on the 26th the bases of Peitce were established, a very gracious letter., f.om the Emperor NAPOLEON to the King of Saxony."—Ga zette de France. NAPLES, JULY 24.—His Majesty has issued the following decree ; " All those orour Neapolitan subje&s . who are now fighting under the enemy's colours, and will hereafter abandon them, shall be at liberty, either. not to enter into 'service or if they will, they may have the sum rank which they enjoyed under the enemy. They shall not be prosecuted for any past offence;' on ,the contrary, all who shall be taken with arms in their 'hands shall be punished with death." jULY.26.—The English destroyed the fortifica tions of Ischia and Procida, befora they evacuated those islands. MUNICH, SOLI 31.--General Beaumont has eel , Wed am men at Schongard, under the orders of General Lngrange. Genm,l; cl.ers to ancr ht:\ in (1 Wure: but v. e -Live r L. , ,1•%l1:cy` f' t US . to belie;ie t rg I.)lro'w tl e at!),ict., of 'Co tnissary-C.4..wl 1 ;,(! COPtNHAGgU, JULY 2.3. ---At C ti e ` l, 7 SUItS hay() been taken neces,at). try is chier‘'hick might arise trom a boinbariolent by the English. MADRID,. JIIII.V, 28.7—His MajOSIVI" K ng being informed that winy persons who Invo ,o , artdoritd their residences, itt order to . go occu pied by the Jnsurgents, have fie, ~,ited their pa perq, property, aid effeas in the' hands of their relations and friends,. has passed the foiltiwing Decree • " All the depositories of property, papers; and effeas, belonging to persons who haVe „abandoi , ed their dwellings, in order to repair to the insurg. , nts, or belong to the suppressed monasteries and ccni vents, shall remit them to the 'administrators of pub lic property, who shall give them is receipt for the ,same. All persons giving inforthation of such property which may have escaped its vigi lance, shall receive a reWard in proportion tiy the value of such' property. All those who (ming. such effets in their possession shall not within the terin of twenty . days from the publication' of ,t he preser.t decree, deliver in a declaration of the same, sit 11, be severely punished. The produce of these etfeds shall belong to the public treasury." " MUNICH, JUNE•3O.---A Royal Edi& has just been published, ordering a Loan to be raised in a!1 the Provinces of the Kingdom of Rav3ri,4. The King states, that the following grou&ds have induced , him to resort to this measure ‘f We have been obliged," his Majesty says, "to make uncommon exertions, in order to oppose the enemy's invasion with ail our force. The courage and ,unshaken • fidelity and attachment of our subjects have been crowqed with' complete success. The enemy has been driven out of our k:rigdoin, and as the Ar- . mistice has been signed, '.we may hope for peace.— But the nearer we approach the conclusion , of peace, the more ought we to redouble our perseVerance.---; The extraordinary wants of our army are still the same, and the safety and tranquility o' the kingdena must be maintained. The ordinary revenue is the ' lesS.sutlicient to meet these heavy charges, as, on account of the ' seat. of "war having for some time been established ill our kingdom, inanydi have not heerr able to pay the usual' takes. w Wit g. to revert, in those circernstances, to aii 'ext raordinary war -tax, we have thou ;ht it necessary to recur to a general loan, &c. &c."—(Muniteur, Aug. 9 ) AMSTERDAM, AUG. 3.—Tne appearank e of the .English off our coast has produced a tariwy of false end contradictory reports, which we find reduced to' their just value, by the following observations in serted in our Official Gazeite of to-day ligence arrived 'hereon the 30th of list mo u th tilates; that a fleet of about 130 sail of Aransport3, scorted by so l ne ships of war, appeared the precediag night off llumbang, in the Isle of Waicheren. Our the 30th, at night, the enemy's fleet stood for Neer; ,and chewed an intention to attempt a hiriding iu the'Vicinity of iaak. There' is reason to suppose that this project has been carried into execution, be . - cahse a very heavy cannonade was heard the whole evening, as Well.as the folio ing in :ruing. ,The my having. oecupied Schouwen, no intelligence. has, of course, been received from that a oint. What renders it probable that the E:iglish have .41 .de food a landing in the Island of Walcheren is ttt,, e, at the signals of Scliouwen and of Walcheren do no longer correspond. Should the enemy suppose he will be able to maintain himself in these islands; he will soon feel the necessity of relinquishing that pro jed, or'be compelled to evacuate them by the tercet dire&ed against him." • ' " The King arrived yesterday at his Palace iii Amsterdam, from Loo, which he left in the morn.;.. //rig. 9.) FROPIA, JULY 10. —The fort of .Capo Vatica no, ,Which was formerly garrisoned by the /French, is now defended by our militia. Yesterday, at five o'clock, a signal was made from that fort, that five ships were in -sight ; a sloep, whibli vtras- one Of them, stood in shore, Al shewed an intention of attempting a landing, but stood,Off again, in conse quence of the fort having Opened its fire against her; she returned however, soon, joined by, the other ships, and fired several broadsides against the battery. , A cannonade - -en Sued, which lasted two hours; the result .of which was, that the enemy sheered off with* having obtained.his objea, A launch, which tint off from. one of the ships,' wag sunk by the 'fire of the fOrt. It has received very little damage, and we have'not lost a man."- , --(11/6. niteur, Aug., 8.). • DUEL EXTRAORDINARY.-- , A sanguinary contest took place on Sunday morning in a field between Highgate and Hampstead Heath, beweeti two Hi bernians; in consequence of,.some ,dispute 'oil 'the preceding night. Disdaining, however, to decide their difference in pugilistic combat,,, they had re course to their national weapon, the cudgel, in the management of which they seemed to have had considerable experience, if one might judge from the :dexterity with which they handled their wen, pons., They were each provided with two stroi,g black thorn sticks, one to be held in reserve, in cats of accident, and were, as usual on such occasions, attended by a numerous party Of theft countrymen. They fought for an hodr and five minutes With the greatest desperation, and could not be induced to discontinue the contest, till O'Reiily,, one of the combatants, fell to the ground, completely exhaust ed, and covered with severe con nisiOns and cuts. • On the 3d instant an inquest was taken at Cam borne, before PEARCE ROGERS, Esq. Coroner, on the body of an infant which had been found a few days before, concealed ha a chimney corner, Oder the ashes. On examining the child ; it appeared to - have had its body btirned from the navel to the chin : and, from the evidence taken before Loaf Du DUNSTANVILLE and the Coroner, it clearly aPpear ed, that the woman found in the house; and confin ed to her bed, was the. mother of the child, and that she had delivered herself on the . Vth of 4oly ; but no evidence appearing to prove the child to have been alive when born, she was, by his Lordship's direCstions, .placed under the care of proper persons; to prpvent her laying violent hands on herself ; and until she can be committed for" trial for concealing the birth,'